Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Down with financial doomsayers

We are now told what to think by the media (what is new?). I have one word for this – codswallop! They are not soothsayers nor are they experts. They never saw this financial crisis coming. How can we now look to these same ‘experts’ and believe what they now say? They got it wrong once, just maybe they got it wrong again.

There is no need for us all to think the same way – we are not lemmings; we are not clones to all turn left on an order and head for the cliff’- “Last one over is a sucker.” Come on, get real!

All it takes is one person to say “Boo”, to stand up and say “Enough is enough.” Two like minded people can change the world.

The human spirit is invincible; it is unconquerable; it is indomitable! The human spirit embodies all that is noble, courageous and has all that we need to triumph over adversity. Everything ‘comes to pass’ and we WILL overcome this present malaise and emerge stronger and more resilient from the experience.

Where there is a will there is a way.

Life is too short to dwell on the negative. The light of positivity will always illuminate and dissipate the darkness our worst imaginings dream up. Remember that nothing is beyond human ingenuity.

Much of what the ‘experts’ forecast may well eventuate because dwelling on the negative gives it legs and the power to run – it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
The reverse is also true. Write and think positively and the positive will eventuate. The positive also has legs and dwelling on the positive gives it the power to run – another self fulfilling prophecy.

Which one would you prefer?

Be strong and of good cheer. I promise you the sun will rise in the East tomorrow morning.

Just a little anecdote from ancient history which is apposite today. When Philip II of Macedonia (Alexander the Great's father) sent a threatening message to the Spartans, saying "If I ever enter Laconia, I will level Sparta to the ground." The Spartans responded with the now famous Laconic reply: "If".

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